offend
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
offend/əˈfend/
▶verb
- 1 cause to feel hurt or resentful.
- 2 be displeasing to.
- 3 commit an illegal act.
■ break a commonly accepted rule or principle.
– derivatives
offended adjective,
offendedly adverb,
offender noun.
offended adjective,
offendedly adverb,
offender noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. offendre, from L. offendere ‘strike against’.
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